Chapter 4. Myth as Exemplum in Homer There are questions about the Homeric parádeigma, which I translate for the moment by way of Latin exemplum ‘example’, following the lead of earlier inquiries. [1] In an influential article on the subject of mythological exemplum in Homer, Malcolm Willcock proposes that the contents of myths cited by Homeric characters, with reference to their own… Read more
Epilogue Throughout this work, the central aim was to reintroduce the vitality of performance, of oral tradition in general, to the conceptual framework of the Classics. This aim addresses the need to be vigilant over tradition itself, all tradition. Earlier, I had argued that the field of Classics, which lends itself to the empirical study of tradition, seems ideally suited to articulate the value of tradition in… Read more
Bibliography Adams, D. Q. 1987. “Hērōs and Hērā: Of Men and Heroes in Greek and Indo-European,” Glotta 65:171-178. Allen, T. W., ed. 1912. Homeri Opera V (Hymns, Cycle, fragments, etc.). Oxford. ———. 1924. Homer: The Origins and the Transmission. Oxford. Allen, W. S. 1987. Vox Graeca: The Pronunciation of Classical Greek. 3rd ed. Cambridge. Read more
ΤΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ ΕΙΣ ΤΑΣ ΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΚΑΣ ΕΠΑΡΧΙΑΣ ΤΟΥ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΟΥ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΔΥΟ ΠΡΩΤΟΥΣ ΑΙΩΝΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΡΑΒΟΚΡΑΤΙΑΣ (Ζ΄& Η΄) Διατριβὴ ἐπὶ διδακτορίᾳ ὑποβληθεῖσα εἰς τὴν Φιλοσοφικὴν Σχολὴν τοῦ Ἐθνικοῦ καὶ Καποδιστριακοῦ Πανεπιστημίου Ἀθηνῶν SOLIMAN SAMEH FAROUK ΕΘΝΙΚΟΝ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΠΟΔΙΣΤΡΙΑΚΟΝ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟΝ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΚΗ ΣΧΟΛΗ ΤΜΗΜΑ ΦΙΛΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ ΤΟΜΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΗΣ ΦΙΛΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΓΡΑΦΙΑΣ ΑΘΗΝΑ 2007 Καὶ λαβὼν ὁ γέρων τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ,… Read more
ΠΡΟΛΟΓΟΣ Ἡ σίγησις πολλῶν παραδοσιακῶν λογοτεχνικῶν εἰδῶν προσδίδει εἰς τὸν ζ΄ καὶ η΄ αἰῶνα τὸν χαρακτηρισμὸν τῶν Σκοτεινῶν Αἰώνων (650-850), δηλ. αἰώνων διανοητικοῦ σκότους καὶ ἀπαιδευσίας τὴν ὁποίαν ὁ Ἑλληνικὸς Ἀνατολικὸς κόσμος ὑποτίθεται ὅτι ὑπέστη ὡς ὁμοίως ὁ Λατινικὸς Δυτικός. [1] Κατὰ τὴν κρίσιν τοῦ Κ. Demoen, δὲν παρατηρεῖται μόνον ἔλλειψις ἱστορικῶν πηγῶν κατὰ τὴν ἐν λόγῳ περίοδον, ἀλλὰ εἶναι ἐμφανὲς ὅτι… Read more
Notes Note 1 As argued in chapter 2, section 1, the context of the form neĩai in xi 114—a prophecy among the dead—indicates that this form originally meant “you will return from death.” If the form’s original meaning is in fact dependent upon the context, then the context itself must be highly traditional. Since the Nekyia as a whole has often been judged to be a… Read more
Préface [In this on-line version, the page-numbers of the printed version are indicated within braces (“{” and “}”). For example, “{69|70}” indicates where p. 69 of the printed version ends and p. 70 begins. These indications will be useful to readers who need to look up references made elsewhere to the printed version of this book.] L’idée de ce livre m’est venue à l’esprit pour la… Read more
Originally published in 1928, both for Société d’éditions “Les belles lettres” (Paris) and as a minor thesis (Doctorat es lettres) for the Université de Paris. Published here under a Creative Commons License 3.0. Read more
I. Avant-Propos : l’Étude du style homérique L’étude du style homérique. L’étude de la langue homérique. Caractère général de la diction formulaire. La méthode d’analyse de la diction traditionnelle. La tradition et le libre arbitre du poète. « Comment saisir la physionomie et l’originalité des littératures primitives », écrit Ernest Renan, « si on ne pénètre la vie morale et intime de… Read more
II. L’Εmploi de l’épithète dans les poèmes épiques a style non-traditionnel L’emploi de l’épithète dans les Argonautiques. L’emploi de l’épithète dans l’Énéide. On croirait, peut-être, que les systèmes de formules nom-épithète, dont nous avons indiqué la présence dans Homère, sont communs à toutes les poésies hexamétriques, étant dus non pas à l’influence du vers pendant des générations, mais à l’influence… Read more
